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<h1 class="title">cupsd(8)</h1>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
cupsd - cups scheduler
<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
<b>cupsd</b>
[
<b>-c</b>
<i>cupsd.conf</i>
] [
<b>-f</b>
] [
<b>-F</b>
] [
<b>-h</b>
] [
<b>-l</b>
] [
<b>-s</b>
<i>cups-files.conf</i>
] [
<b>-t</b>
]
<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
<b>cupsd</b>
is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1, and supports most of the requirements for IPP Everywhere. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file
<i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i>
will be used.
<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
<dl class="man">
<dt><b>-c</b><i> cupsd.conf</i>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
<dt><b>-f</b>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
<b>cupsd</b>
in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
<dt><b>-F</b>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
<b>cupsd</b>
in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
<b>cupsd</b>
from
<b>init</b>(8).
<dt><b>-h</b>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Shows the program usage.
<dt><b>-l</b>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">This option is passed to
<b>cupsd</b>
when it is run from
<b>launchd</b>(8)
or
<b>systemd</b>(8).
<dt><b>-s</b><i> cups-files.conf</i>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named cups-files.conf configuration file.
<dt><b>-t</b>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
</dl>
<h2 class="title"><a name="FILES">Files</a></h2>
<pre class="man">
<i>/etc/cups/classes.conf</i>
<i>/etc/cups/cups-files.conf</i>
<i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i>
<i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs</i>
<i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types</i>
<i>/etc/cups/printers.conf</i>
<i>/etc/cups/subscriptions.conf</i>
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<h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2>
<b>cupsd</b>
implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations.
<h2 class="title"><a name="EXAMPLES">Examples</a></h2>
Run
<b>cupsd</b>
in the background with the default configuration file:
<pre class="man">
    cupsd

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Test a configuration file called
<i>test.conf</i>:
<pre class="man">
    cupsd -t -c test.conf

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Run
<b>cupsd</b>
in the foreground with a test configuration file called
<i>test.conf</i>:
<pre class="man">
    cupsd -f -c test.conf

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<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
<a href="man-backend.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>backend</b>(7),</a>
<a href="man-classes.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>classes.conf</b>(5),</a>
<a href="man-cups.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups</b>(1),</a>
<a href="man-cups-files.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-files.conf</b>(5),</a>
<a href="man-cups-lpd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-lpd</b>(8),</a>
<a href="man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf</b>(5),</a>
<a href="man-cupsd-helper.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd-helper</b>(8),</a>
<b>cupsd-logs</b>(8),
<a href="man-filter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>filter</b>(7),</a>
<b>launchd</b>(8),
<a href="man-mime.convs.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.convs</b>(5),</a>
<a href="man-mime.types.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.types</b>(5),</a>
<a href="man-printers.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>printers.conf</b>(5),</a>
<b>systemd</b>(8),
CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
Copyright &copy; 2021-2022 by OpenPrinting.

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